A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace (1900)
Jackson, Emily, 1861- · London : L. Upcott Gill ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 34
sely worked that it showed the artwas in its infancy. Again, several have attributed the inven-tion of lace to Barbara Uttmann ; perhapsthe words on her tomb in the churchyard ofAnnaberg gave rise to the idea : Here liesBarbara Uttmann, died 14th January, 1575,whose invention of lace in the year… … Charles of Savoy, painted in 1582, in theLace-edged Ruff of the period. ^Catherine de Medicis, by Jeanfclouet (1541).It was this Queen who brought with herfrom Italy the fashion of wearing thehigh collar still named after her. It is probable that Frau Uttmann intro-duced bobbin lace into Germany,…
Lace and lace making
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